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Abruzzese
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Community Profile: While many of the first Italian New Yorkers were speakers of Ligurian, Piedmontese, Lombard, and Tuscan varieties, the overwhelming majority have been southerners who spoke forms of Sicilian, Neapolitan, Calabrese, and Pugliese. Given that less than 10 percent of the population spoke the national language (Italian) at the time of unification in the 19th century, most Italian New Yorkers were speakers of these (often mutually unintelligible) "dialects" who only learned Italian later, if at all.
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any immigrants from the town of Orsogna in Italy's Abruzzo region initially settled on Elizabeth Street in Little Italy. Later, the community became established in Astoria, and in 1939 seven men formed the Orsogna Mutual Aid Society at the heart of the growing Orsognesi community on 18th Street. Hundreds more Orsognesi came as refugees in the wake of the destruction brought by the Second World War. Strong ties between Astoria and Orsogna continue down to the present day. 

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